In some parts of the world is becoming popular to research the history of one's own family. Why might people want to do this? is it positive or negative development?
More and more
people
are becoming interested in knowing their origins and the story of their families
. Most probably those people
want to know about their origins out of simple curiosity, but others might hope to find answers to relive
Correct your spelling
relieve
from
the confusion that Change preposition
apply
this
last
century causes
. Wrong verb form
caused
In other words
, I believe that this
practice has lately increased because many people
confused
and lost. Getting to know Add a missing verb
are confused
one’s
origin could help them to understand better themselves and to find relatives they did not know about it. In the past, families
were more united but nowadays people
are moving really fast and easily from a
place to another. Correct determiner usage
one
This
causes family gets
separated and to create new Correct subject-verb agreement
get
families
elsewhere
. While
the world is more globally interconnected, small groups such
as families
tend to be further
away each
other. Change preposition
from each
This
situation of detachment leads people
to feel lost and lonely. Finding about
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out about
one’s
own history can make them feel part something
that sadly got lost. In my opinion, Change preposition
of something
this
is a positive development, but it could also
have some negative drawbacks. It is positive because this
phenomenon shows that people
care about their history and they are brave enough to look back, Correct word choice
and finding
finding
out who they are and where they belongWrong verb form
find
to
. Sometimes It is just easier to create a new family and move forward with our life. As I mentioned before, Change preposition
apply
people
might just be curious about their ancestors and I think curiosity is what make
us human Change the verb form
makes
therefore
I think it is really positive. Despite being an interesting practice, I see some minor drawbacks in looking up to the past. For example
, by doing a heritage DNA check we give out our information that then
are being shown to everybody and I find this
not so safe. We could also
get to know things that change the relation
we have Replace the word
relationship
to
our present life and could influence our future. Change preposition
with
Last
but not least, knowing someone that
claims to be a relative could Correct pronoun usage
who
also
not be as pleasant as it sounds like
and it could remind us Change preposition
apply
to
the reasons why we got far away to create a new family in the first place. Change preposition
of
To conclude
, despite possible unexpected negative consequences, I think that is
really important and is a good practice to look up at the history of one’s
own family to feel part of something and to better understand one’s
present life.Submitted by Fulvia on
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